Improvement in washing-machines



G. H. WINSLOW & W. .A. TRYON.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Patented Aug. 29,1876;

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UNITED STATES OFFICE.

GEORGE H. WINSLOW AND WILLIAM A. TRYON, OF MONTIOELLO, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,757, dated August29, 1876; application filed February 7, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE H.W1NsLoW and WILLIAM A. TRYON, ofMonticello, in the county of Sullivan and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and wedo hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in washing-machines; and itconsists in the arrangement and combination of parts, that will be morefully described hereinafter, whereby the clothes are washed by apounding motion at the same time that the tub is made to revolve aroundso as to bring every part of the clothes under the pounder.

The accompanying drawings represent our invention.

01, represents two parallel ground-sills,which are rigidly and securelybraced together by suitable cross-ties, and from which sills rise thefour standards 0. These standards are likewise securely braced together,and form the frame-work for the support of the operat ing mechanism,both the standards and mechanism being hidden from sight by beingboarded or otherwise covered over. J ournaled upon two of the cross-tiesthat bind the standards together is the shaft d, which has thecrankhandle e secured to its outer end, and the, spur-wheel f and piniong secured to it The beveled pinion g meshes with the horizontal wheel h,secured to the end of the vertical shaft i, which shaft has a smallerwheel, j, secured to it near its lower end, which meshes with the wheell on the horizontal shaft m. Upon the opposite end of this shaft m is asmall pinion, 'n, which meshes with the circular rack 0 on the-underside of the revolving board 19, on which the tub r is placed. bearingthe weight of the tub, clothes, and water, may revolve without too greatfriction,

In order that this board,

rollers s are placed under it, which both hold it steady and make itrevolve more easily. The spur-wheel)" on the shaft 01 meshes with thepinion 1 on the shaft 2, just above it,which shaft 2 has a crank orwrist pin, 3, on its outer end. the connecting-rod 4, which has two ormore holes in its upper end, so that it can be adjusted to make long orshort strokes, as the tub may be full or only partially full of clothes.Attached to the lower end of the connectingrod 4 is the pounder orwasher 5, which consists of a hollow cone made of thin metal, and havinga number of thin strips extending across its bottom. The shank or handleof this pounder projects up through the hinged frame 6, which projectsout over the top of the tub, as shown, and to which the cover of the tub7 is secured.

By disconnecting the connecting-rod LfIOIIl the washer the frame may beraised upward, carrying the cover and pounder with it, when the pounder,clothes, and tub can all be removed at will.

Thus it will be seen that when the handle is turned the pounder is madeto operate upon the clothes at the same time that the tub is made torevolve and bring every part of the clothes under the pounder.

Having thus described our invention, We claimv1. The combination of theshaft d, handle 0, spur-wheel f, pinion 1, shaft 2, crank 3, rod 4,washer 5, and revolving tub, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of shaft d, pinion g, wheels h j l n, shafts i m,rack 0, board 10, tub and a washer, 5, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsthis 26th day of January, 1876.

GEORGE H. WINSLOW. WILLIAM A. TRYO N.

Witnesses:

U. S. THORNTON, EDWARD F. QUINLAN.

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